The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-20
A CRANK AFTER MISS NELLIE GOULD
He Writes Her Love Letters, Sends Her
Candy and Saws He Is to- Marry Her.

He Writes Her Love Letters, Sends Her
Candy and Says He Is to Marry Her.
New York World.
The Graphic of this city q short time ago pub
llshed the following little paragraph:
The engagement is of Miss Nellie Gould,
eldest daughter of the New York millionaire, to Mr.
M Traber bright young railroad employe at King $
nized early next year.
The above fell under the eye of Mr. Jay Gould,
and he wrote letter to the editor of the paper,
which was published yesterday, as follows:
To the Editor of the Graphic.
Dear SirThe inclosed canard crept into yesterday
Graphic. This Traber is undoubtedly half crazy
crank who has been writing letters for the past year
two to my daughter. though total stranger 1
should like to know how such report set aloat
New YORK Aug II. 1887. JAY GOULD.
This was not all the Graphic published, FOR Mr.
George Could the young lady's brother, called
during the day and had a conversation with the
editor So the following statement was published
under the letter from Mr. Jay Gould:
The announcement of Miss Goulds alleged engage
ment taken from of our Western exchanges.
1t not surprising Miss Nellieis charming and
lovable young lady. and the Gould family is demo
cratic enough not to raise question to the rank
in which prospective son inlaw may earn an honest
living. But this is of the kind. and it is
just well to have the story stamped out eectualy
and at once, especially this report is the cumina
ton of state of things which has been exceedingly
annoying to Mr.. Gould and his family for long time
past.
Mr.. George Gould referring to the paragraph said
that its face the report not apparently mali
did the family object to 1t because assumed
That ms sister would marry young man at work on
the line of of their roads; for such objection
would be a valid provided the an honest,
capable and trustworthy fellow, but he did desire to
protest against the ladies of his fathers family being
annoyed by cranks like this fellow.
Subsequently Mr.. George Gould told the whole
story of this fellows annoyance of his sister
Nellie. Some months ago a man named J. NJ
Traber called at my Office in the Western Union
building. and sent in a letter of Introduction
purporting to come from Mr. Frederick Gerhard
The man wanted situation some railroad
but certain peculiarities about the letter he
presented led me to believe that MIR. Gebhard
had never written it. Evidently he had written
it himself, and when told him so be left very
suddenly. 1t was shortly after this, however,
that the family began to be pestered and annoyed
in the same way that other families have suf-
fered in this city at the hands of uncon-
scionable crank. TRADER went away from New
York and every now and then he would secure
q laudatory notice of himself in some back
country newspaper, and mail the marked copy
to my sister
Occasionally he spent extra dollar on a
box of candy fruit and shipped the
Offering to the family address. OF course every
thing that came from him promptly
signed to the waste basket, and my sister,
much possible, saved from all knowledge of
the antics of this fellow. who was doing his best
in the meantime to annoy her mother by send
ing articles in her care. This latest paragraph
Is another evidence of his audacity and of his
distracted Imagination. for he has doubt
started the story himself and it has been taken
up eagerly and with full faith. So far as can
be ascerrained this man TRADER has never seen
my sister, and the announcement of the alleged
approaching nuptials has other foundation
than the fellows crazy belief. Some means,
however, ought prom pity be employed to stop
at once and forever the irritating and annoying
temporary notoriety at the expense or the peace
and comfort of families"